Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'

The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his private vision the deeds and thoughts of men. The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no'.

Never have children, only grandchildren.

What is there to say, finally, except that pain is bad and pleasure good, life all, death nothing.

Envy is the central fact of American life.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.